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| - Hugh B. (for Brown) Brown was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 24 October 1883, to Homer Manley and Lydia Jane Brown. His middle name was his mother's maiden name, which like his father's, was "Brown." When he was fifteen, his family moved to southern Alberta, Canada. His father had gone ahead, and Hugh managed the family farm in Utah until his father sent for the rest of the family. After beginning his advanced education in Logan, Utah, at Brigham Young College, Brown served a mission in England from 1904 to 1906. In 1908 he married Zina Young Card, and the couple eventually had eight children. In 1912, Canadian leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints asked Brown to go to Calgary and take military training preliminary to organizing a Latter-day Saint contingent for the
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| - Hugh B. (for Brown) Brown was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on 24 October 1883, to Homer Manley and Lydia Jane Brown. His middle name was his mother's maiden name, which like his father's, was "Brown." When he was fifteen, his family moved to southern Alberta, Canada. His father had gone ahead, and Hugh managed the family farm in Utah until his father sent for the rest of the family. After beginning his advanced education in Logan, Utah, at Brigham Young College, Brown served a mission in England from 1904 to 1906. In 1908 he married Zina Young Card, and the couple eventually had eight children. In 1912, Canadian leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints asked Brown to go to Calgary and take military training preliminary to organizing a Latter-day Saint contingent for the Canadian reserves. The reserve cavalry unit was established in 1914, with the outbreak of the First World War, and became part of the Thirteenth Overseas Mounted Rifles in 1915. By 1917, Brown had achieved the rank of major in the Canadian military. He would have attained a higher rank were it not for the prejudice that existed in the British Empire against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In fact, he was told to his face and without apology that he was denied further promotion because he was a "Mormon." Brown wrote two beloved stories based on these experiences—"Father, Are You There?" and "The Currant Bush." (See below.) Brown's Canadian vocations included stints as cowboy, farmer, soldier, businessman, lawyer, and head of the LDS Lethbridge Stake. He studied law at the Law Society of Alberta and apprenticed with Z. W. Jacobs, a Cardston barrister, for five years. He was admitted to the Canadian bar in 1921.
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